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The Trump administration is expected to issue a proposal in coming weeks that would make it harder for legal immigrants to become citizens or get green cards if they have ever used a range of popular public welfare programs, including Obamacare, four sources with knowledge of the plan told NBC News.
The move, which would not need congressional approval, is part of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller's plan to limit the number of migrants who obtain legal status in the U.S. each year.
[...] Though its effects could be far-reaching, the proposal to limit citizenship to immigrants who have not used public assistance does not appear to need congressional approval. As the Clinton administration did in 1999, the Trump administration would be redefining the term "public charge," which first emerged in immigration law in the 1800s in order to shield the U.S. from burdening too many immigrants who could not contribute to society.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by VanessaE on Thursday August 16 2018, @07:38PM (1 child)
Except that it's not really.
To apply for "welfare" (whether it's SSI, SNAP, or something else), you have to describe all sources of active income (work, friends, family, dividends, etc), all static assets (savings, CDs/bonds, your car and/or house, and any other things of significant value).
If you have no income to speak of, or in this case if you get paid "under the table" and claim to have none, then you have to prove with legal documentation (such as a federal- or state-level disability declaration) why you can't earn more, e.g. by working.
Oh, and you have to describe your expenses (rent, electric, fuel, etc.) and explain how you pay them.
Oh, and they require generally 2 to 3 government-issued IDs, one of which is a federal-issue Social Security card.
It's not as easy as the GOP would have you believe, to get "welfare", if you're able-bodied and have no kids.
Been there, doing that (and grateful that the help exists).
Those that game the system are surely mostly just using a sob story to get their case worker to bend the rules.
(Score: 2) by VanessaE on Thursday August 16 2018, @07:41PM
* ["Been there, doing that (I'm disabled,* and that the help exists)"]